New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) A 60-year-old man was found dead on Wednesday in his house in northwest Delhi’s Rohini, with police detaining his niece and two of her associates in connection with the robbery-cum-murder, an officer said.
Rakesh Khanna was found unconscious at his house in Sector 3 in Rohini on Tuesday, with his house ransacked, suggesting robbery.
The stock market investor was alone in the house when the incident took place.
The officer said that a PCR call was received at 8.14 pm on Tuesday, reporting a house theft and an unconscious person inside the premises. “He was taken to Jaipur Golden Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Shashank Jaiswal said.
“Prima facie, there were no visible injuries on the body,” he added.
The officer said that at around 7.30 pm, three persons entered Khanna’s house while another associate kept watch outside.
They hit the house after conducting a recce on Sunday, he said.
“The group allegedly entered the premises with the intention of committing robbery. Around Rs 1.5 lakh in cash and certain gold jewellery were reported stolen,” Jaiswal said.
A preliminary investigation led the police to zero in on Simran Taneja, a 23-year-old primary school teacher, and a niece of Khanna.
The Burari resident is suspected to be the mastermind behind the robbery and death, which she executed with the help of a gym trainer friend and other accomplices.
“She is the niece of the deceased. Two of her alleged associates, Chirag (22), a resident of Burari, who works as a gym trainer and Paras (19), a class 12 student, were also apprehended in connection with the case,” the DCP said.
Another accused, Himanshu, also a Burari resident and a gym owner, is absconding.
According to the police, Paras was earlier booked in a criminal case at Mukherjee Nagar Police Station.
The police have recovered around Rs 70,000 in cash, and a few gold jewellery articles reported stolen from the house.
A case under sections 103(1) (punishment for murder), 309(4) (robbery) and 3(5) (common intention) of the BNS has been registered at South Rohini Police Station.
Efforts are on to nab Himanshu and recover the remaining stolen items. PTI BM VN VN
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